Happy Friday Everyone!
Wow what a few weeks it has been! If I haven’t spoken with you directly during our recent Vista and Fallbrook events, let me take this opportunity to tell you we’ve been in lease negotiations for WEEKS. As you may know we started our location search in June of 2017. The last time I counted we viewed something like 24 properties over the course of a year… and we made offers on six of them!
We would find a great space then get priced out by other offers… or we’d find a great location with an excited owner then learn there was already a coffee shop with exclusivity in the complex. Or we’d find a great space with an excited owner then discover the city’s permitting requirements would take an additional 6 – 9 months and we still might be told no at the end of it – how crazy is that!?
So in February when we first toured our new home in Vista – a space perfectly sized for our concept, with supportive owners AND city officials – we knew we finally had a winner! A commercial lease agreement is no joke, and taking the time necessary to make sure all needs were accommodated was a worthy investment. We’ll be located in a shopping center at the corner of Palomar Airport Road and Business Park Drive – super convenient to Carlsbad, Vista, San Marcos, Oceanside and Encinitas!
A good friend said to me “Don’t let this time pass you by. A year from now you’ll look back at how far you’ve progressed, don’t fly through the process without experiencing it.” It’s easy for me (and I’m guessing someone reading this will relate) to get caught in the details and rush, but when I do that I don’t fully experience the moment. I’m thankful for this reminder because experience is a huge piece of what we are creating at Cat & Craft. Rescued cats who will experience love and trust thanks to our future customers, and future customers who will experience compassion, community and connection simply by participating in this journey with us!
With love and light,
The *trying to be patient* Cat & Craft team!